A PAIR OF TWELVE-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIERS

POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF TWELVE-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIERS
Possibly 19th Century
Each with reeded baluster shaft issuing two tiers of scrolled candlebranches terminating in dished drip-pans and turned nozzles, surmounted by a double-sided winged putto and a hand holding a ring
45½ in. (115 cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

These chandeliers relate to one in St. Andrew's Church, Sonning, Berkshire - the earliest known English-made chandelier surviving (R. Gentle & R. Feild, English Domestic Brass, London, 1975, p. 140, fig. 115). The latter is dated 1675 and is surmounted by a large cherub's head, a feature of many chandeliers until the early 18th Century. The hand clasping a ring is probably a 19th Century feature.